Sometimes I think on my feet. Most of the time I'm just out on them.

Tag: American

I used to maintain a blog called Fahrenheit to Celsius: An American In Canada. As I started to work with WordPress, I abandoned that blog, which was on the Blogger platform. WordPress seemed more useful. And then Facebook took off. But eventually, the 2016 Election happened, and Donald Trump is going to be inaugurated President …

Dépaysement translates roughly as “change of scenery.” It translates even more roughly as “The feeling that comes from not being in one’s own country.” I am an American in Canada. It takes some getting used to. Thanks to The Huffington Post (believe it or not) for this.

Dépaysement translates roughly as “change of scenery.” It translates even more roughly as “The feeling that comes from not being in one’s own country.” I am an American in Canada. It takes some getting used to. Thanksgiving in October still sneaks up on me. I’ve always celebrated Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of November, but here …

Dépaysement translates roughly as “change of scenery.” It translates even more roughly as “The feeling that comes from not being in one’s own country.” I am an American in Canada. It takes some getting used to. I was telling a story to a friend, and said, “Someone dropped a dime so the auditors came out …

Dépaysement translates roughly as “change of scenery.” It translates even more roughly as “The feeling that comes from not being in one’s own country.” I am an American in Canada. It takes some getting used to. Thanks to The Huffington Post (believe it or not) for this.

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I'm an American living in Kelowna, BC (Canada) with my husband, Eric. I miss the Peet's Coffee and Mexican food that is so easy to find in my beloved San Francisco Bay Area. But not the traffic. Having given up driving way too fast, I still stay up way too late and drink way too much coffee.

I owned and operated a mobile computer business, Computer Care Kelowna, before retiring in 2018. My weekly column, "Getting Along With Your Computer" appeared on castanet.net.